Ranganathan Kapilan

947 total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 653 citations indexed

About

Ranganathan Kapilan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ranganathan Kapilan has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 653 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 18 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Ranganathan Kapilan's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (16 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (16 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (5 papers). Ranganathan Kapilan is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (16 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (16 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (5 papers). Ranganathan Kapilan collaborates with scholars based in Sri Lanka, Canada and Germany. Ranganathan Kapilan's co-authors include Janusz J. Zwiazek, Terrence Madhujith, Punniamoorthy Thiviya, Ashoka Gamage, Othmane Merah, Vasanthy Arasaratnam, Walid El Kayal, Janice E. K. Cooke, I. Wickramasinghe and S. B. Navaratne and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Plant Physiology and Acta Physiologiae Plantarum.

In The Last Decade

Ranganathan Kapilan

44 papers receiving 627 citations

Hit Papers

Regulation of aquaporins in plants under stress 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Regulation of aquaporins in plants under stress
    2018 298 citations Ranganathan Kapilan, Janusz J. Zwiazek et al. Biological Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ranganathan Kapilan Sri Lanka 11 339 257 125 76 59 48 653
Wegi A. Wuddineh United States 10 478 1.4× 419 1.6× 188 1.5× 37 0.5× 52 0.9× 12 780
Eduardo Ortega Cuba 10 457 1.3× 155 0.6× 104 0.8× 34 0.4× 28 0.5× 34 571
Swati S. Mishra India 9 389 1.1× 102 0.4× 77 0.6× 30 0.4× 62 1.1× 18 631
Meisam Zargar Iran 16 604 1.8× 132 0.5× 84 0.7× 24 0.3× 55 0.9× 114 940
Kumar Pranaw India 17 425 1.3× 251 1.0× 161 1.3× 154 2.0× 74 1.3× 37 836
Blondy Canto‐Canché Mexico 16 401 1.2× 200 0.8× 126 1.0× 39 0.5× 27 0.5× 66 731
Mohammed E. El-Mahrouk Egypt 17 477 1.4× 279 1.1× 46 0.4× 34 0.4× 62 1.1× 51 728
Sâmia Maria Tauk-Tornisielo Brazil 13 156 0.5× 234 0.9× 133 1.1× 74 1.0× 35 0.6× 35 494
Suseelendra Desai India 13 610 1.8× 160 0.6× 101 0.8× 23 0.3× 24 0.4× 42 819
Mukesh Kumar Malviya China 21 942 2.8× 197 0.8× 119 1.0× 36 0.5× 30 0.5× 47 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ranganathan Kapilan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ranganathan Kapilan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ranganathan Kapilan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ranganathan Kapilan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ranganathan Kapilan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ranganathan Kapilan. Ranganathan Kapilan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kapilan, Ranganathan, et al.. (2024). Potential use of plant leaves and sheath as food packaging materials in tackling plastic pollution: A Review. Ceylon Journal of Science. 53(1). 21–37. 10 indexed citations
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Kapilan, Ranganathan, et al.. (2023). Optimization of Bioethanol Production from <em>Ceratophyllum demersum</em> for hand sanitizers. Ceylon Journal of Science. 52(4). 495–506.
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Thiviya, Punniamoorthy, Ashoka Gamage, Ranganathan Kapilan, Othmane Merah, & Terrence Madhujith. (2022). Single Cell Protein Production Using Different Fruit Waste: A Review. Separations. 9(7). 178–178. 68 indexed citations
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Thiviya, Punniamoorthy, Ashoka Gamage, Ranganathan Kapilan, Othmane Merah, & Terrence Madhujith. (2022). Production of Single-Cell Protein from Fruit Peel Wastes Using Palmyrah Toddy Yeast. Fermentation. 8(8). 355–355. 29 indexed citations
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Yapa, Neelamanie, et al.. (2022). Biofertilizers: An Emerging Trend in Agricultural Sustainability. Chiang Mai Journal of Science. 49(3). 608–640. 3 indexed citations
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Kapilan, Ranganathan, et al.. (2019). Isolation of a cellulase producing Bacillus cereus from cow dung and determination of the kinetic properties of the crude enzyme. Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. 47(2). 261–261. 7 indexed citations
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Kapilan, Ranganathan, et al.. (2018). Regulation of aquaporins in plants under stress. Biological Research. 51(1). 4–4. 298 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kapilan, Ranganathan, et al.. (2016). Characterization of iron Bacterium Gallionella ferruginea isolated from the drinking water of the collector wells in Northern Sri Lanka. Tropical Plant Research. 3(2). 440–448. 2 indexed citations
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Kapilan, Ranganathan, Walid El Kayal, Janice E. K. Cooke, & Janusz J. Zwiazek. (2016). Responses of hybrid aspen over-expressing a PIP2;5 aquaporin to low root temperature. Journal of Plant Physiology. 192. 98–104. 20 indexed citations
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Kapilan, Ranganathan, et al.. (2016). Characterization of best naringinase producing fungus isolated from the citrus fruits. 4(2). 83–87. 9 indexed citations
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Kapilan, Ranganathan, et al.. (2016). Effect of water content on the germination characteristics of Trichosanthes cucumerina, Momocardia charantia and Abelmoschus esculentus seeds. Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology. 3 indexed citations
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Kapilan, Ranganathan, et al.. (2015). Determination of optimum maturity of north Sri Lankan KilichondanMangofruits (Mangifera indica L.) based on their biochemical properties. Advances in Applied Science Research. 6(10). 5 indexed citations
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Kapilan, Ranganathan. (2015). Solid state fermentation for microbial products : A review. Archives of applied science research. 7(8). 21–25. 21 indexed citations
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Kapilan, Ranganathan, et al.. (2015). Promotion of vegetable seed germination by soil borne bacteria. Archives of applied science research. 7(8). 17–20. 5 indexed citations
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Kapilan, Ranganathan, et al.. (2011). Sago as a medium for "in vitro" culture of some common soil bacteria. 4. 11–14. 2 indexed citations

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